I'll write on your tombstone, "I thank you for dinner." "Bungle in the Jungle" - Jethro Tull
Iowa Hawkeyes
97 87 OT
FINAL Conference
Nebraska Cornhuskers
Big Ten Conference · Carver-Hawkeye Arena · January 8, 2025
Betting Lines
Spread IOWA -4.5 Home covered
O/U 159.5 Over
Money IOWA -185 / NEB +155
Model Predictions
Spread Total IOWA win
Actual IOWA +10 184 Won
Massey IOWA -1.7 (+8.3)
Massey Totals 157.8 (+26.2)
Bradley-Terry 48%
Weighted B-T 50%
Efficiency Plus ML IOWA -2.1 (+7.9) 153.7 (+30.3) 59%
Baseline Tuned ML IOWA -1.9 (+8.1) 150.7 (+33.3) 57%
Baseline ML IOWA -2.5 (+7.5) 157.9 (+26.1) 66%
Baseline Plus ML IOWA -2.3 (+7.7) 156.8 (+27.2) 64%

Predictions use only rating snapshots dated before tip-off. Parenthesised values are the signed error vs. the actual result. Model performance →

Last 5 Meetings

Mar 26, 2026 IOWA 7771 NEB
Mar 8, 2026 NEB 8475 IOWA
Feb 18, 2026 IOWA 5752 NEB
Mar 9, 2025 IOWA 8368 NEB
Jan 13, 2024 IOWA 9476 NEB

Team Comparison

Record & Ratings IOWA NEB
Overall 17-16 21-14
Conference 7-13 7-13
Home 12-6 10-6
Away 2-8 5-7
Neutral 3-2 6-1
Last 5 3-2 5-0
Streak L1 W4
Avg Pts For 82.5 76.0
Avg Pts Against 79.7 72.6
Massey 11.0 (#49) 13.4 (#37)
Bradley-Terry 2.17 (#46) 3.02 (#23)
W. Bradley-Terry 3.10 (#38) 3.97 (#23)
RPI 0.554 (#84) 0.643 (#14)
Shooting & Four Factors IOWA NEB
FG% 50.9% 46.2%
3PT% 38.3% 33.9%
REB / G 33.5 37.0
OREB / G 9.3 9.1
AST / TO 1.95 1.12
Four Factors — Offense
eFG% 58.8% 52.8%
TOV% 13.4% 17.4%
ORB% 25.9% 28.0%
FT Rate 18.0% 31.8%
Four Factors — Defense
Opp eFG% 52.4% 45.4%
Opp TOV% 20.9% 20.3%
DRB% 66.9% 72.8%
Opp FT Rate 15.1% 19.7%

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